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iPhone 8 to get Curved OLED Screen and USB-C Connector

Their thinking has been outlined by the Wall Street Journal on the iPhone from Apple dubbed the iPhone 8. They believe Apple will replace the Lightning connector on the bottom of the phone with a USB-C port, ditching its propriety connector.

The report reaffirms rumors of the device with a curved screen that is big, losing the Home Button in favor of a touch screen function area.

The iPhone 8 is expected to play as the high-end option in Apple’s 2017 iPhone lineup, displaying a brand-new industrial design (which most reports are describing as bezel-less) as well as many brand new features.

KGI has reported that the device will house a 5.8-inch screen and larger battery, in the same physical dimension as a present 4.7 inch iPhone. The WSJ report didn’t comment on the rumors of a 3D front camera; KGI has promised the iPhone 8 will be able to sense depth from the camera for 3D selfies and recognition.

However, the elaborate flagship iPhone is expected to come with a price tag around $1000. Small upgrades to the existing iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are also anticipated, which will fill the normal iPhone price points.

This record is the first we have learned about Apple supplanting Lightning with USB-C for its iPhone, but the Wall Street Journal’s track record using Apple precision means it is likely to be on the cards.

Lightning and USB-C, not one over the other

Apple killing off Lightning in favor of USB-C’s possibility offers a vision of a gadget utopia to a: a compatibility fantasy where the One True Cable would operate with every mobile device, computer, accessory and charger – today and always.

The fact that Apple standardized USB-C in its Macs is the concept that gave some gravity to the debate; Apple already has a foot in the camp that is USB-C.

But sticking with Lightning – while still adding chargers – makes more sense for Apple, across the board:

No kidding: You do not have to be CNET editor or a tech analyst to figure out that charging case or acquiring a royalty from every licensed Lightning cable, the headphone is part of the Apple equation.

An individual backlash is avoided by staying with Lightning: Apple has a long history of dropping support for straps and heritage media: everything from the disc. However, Apple’s two big 2016 transitions – dropping the standard headphone jack in the 7 and moving MacBook notebooks – led to an unending effort of #donglelife grumble threads. As thousands of consumers came that their accessories and cables wouldn’t work with their new iPhones, along with also the 2012 move from 30-pin to Lightning was equally as debilitating. Sticking with quad chiefly avoids all of that.

Quick charging with USB-C and Lightning is currently here. Connect an existing 12.9-inch iPad Pro to the 29-watt USB-C charger that comes with the 12-inch MacBook, and you’ll find a lot faster charge than with the inventory iPad adapter, because of its USB 3-compatible Lightning port. A version of this, as Kuo suggests, is a.

Apple has committed attachment line and its mobile. AirPods and the BeatsX wireless headphones if why put Lightning in both newest accessories, Apple moved to USB-C past the Mac? Why move its own Mac keyboards, trackpads and mice to Lightning as it failed in 2015 charging? The Apple TV remote recharges via Lightning. As do all of the recent iPads, the and iPhones mostly forgot iPod Nano and iPod Touch.